Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • New Egypt H.S. bids seniors farewell

    PLUMSTED – A class of 188 graduating seniors said farewell to New Egypt High School on June 18 when graduation ceremonies were held on the football field. Friends, family members, and faculty assembled to watch the members of the class of 2008 receive their diplomas. Teacher of the Year Sam Palumbo was one of the…

  • Coda

    With Chinese food, it’s often lost in translation GREG BEAN My grandmother on my father’s side was born in 1895 and lived most of her life close to the spot where the Golden Spike was driven on the transcontinental railroad. Her town was a true melting pot on account of the fact that it drew…

  • In the News

    30 years a music fan & it’s still a good time MARK ROSMAN One of the things I enjoy most in life is watching and listening to bands play live. Having limited (my family would say I have zero) musical skills myself, I can only imagine what it would be like to be up on…

  • Red State/Blue State

    Windfall profits tax won’t ease your pain at the pump DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson – a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist – and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. Dear Greg: In your heart of Blue State hearts, I…

  • Are We There Yet?

    The ‘Big Spill’ tests mom’s cleanup mojo LORI CLINCH It all started with an innocent pitcher of lemonade. Well, that and a darling little boy who thought he was old enough to tackle the task. After all, he’d seen pitchers of lemonade, observed the process in the making, and certainly any kid worth his salt…

  • AAUW honors seniors

    E ncouraging women’s education has been a goal of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) since its beginning, and the Freehold Area Branch every year recognizes the senior girl from each of the six schools in the Freehold Regional High School District who has the highest grade-point average at the end of the third…

  • Teen’s project is music to school teacher’s ears

    Julia Freire collected old recorders, donated instruments to Lakewood BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Julia Freire combined her love of scouting and music to create a project that earned her the highest honor in Girl Scouting, the Gold Award. To earn her Girl Scout Gold Award, Julia Freire, 16, collected and cleaned more than 100 recorders…

  • Reading Buddies thanked for sharing with students

    Volunteers came to Ella G. Clarke School to work with children BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer DAVE BENJAMIN Joan Woods, one of the volunteers in the Reading Buddies program, writes a personal message to a first-grader at the Ella G. Clarke School, Lakewood, during a breakfast at which the volunteers were thanked for their participation…

  • Students delighted with visit from special dogs

    PLUMSTED – On June 6, drug-sniffing dogs and bomb-sniffing dogs prowled the hallways of the Dr. Gerald H. Woehr Elementary School, not in search of explosives or narcotics, but as a special program for the eager students. Special education teacher Nancy Forbes and fifth-grade teacher Jeff Pierro organized Woehr the Animals Are Day as a…